Dave Stanley's Morada Belt Layout

Dave Stanley was nice enough to open his Morada Belt layout for the Narrow Gauge Convention and I ventured out to see it with Tom Barbalet of MODEL RAIL RADIO.  It was a fantastic trip that started out with a meet up for BBQ, then making the trek down to see the layout. 

Fantastic setup! Operations galore in this well thought out and wonderfully crafted layout!

Thanks to Pat Davis as well!

Very cool switch panel setup! 

Memory Lane - HO and N scale factory

I made a trip over to my parents house and snagged a few boxes of HO scale model rail stuff she had under the house. My Father built me a layout when I was 10, it was up for a while then it got taken down when we moved.

I have no idea what the "value" of all this is if anything, but they mean so much to me. I see this stuff and think, "Wow...my Dad built a lot of this stuff. Bought a lot of it. Set it all up." I loved going through the boxes and remembering.

Sadly, some of the engines need a lot of work. They've been sitting in boxes for over 30 years! The trucks fell off when I lifted them out of the boxes. I might take them into a shop for repairs. 

And...a lot of track. :)

The original plan was to build a shelf layout - maybe a switcher. However, I'm finding that I'm starting to fill in my office / layout room space. I'm not sure where it will go. So, I'm sitting with it all a while and we'll see what will happen in the future. I'm going to focus on cleaning things up and selling more of my random toy crap to make more room.

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